Casinos shouldn't shoulder education burden alone  Soak the
rich? Sure.  The idea has fallen out of favor in recent years,
at least since Ronald Reagan became president, but progressive
taxation is a sound and accepted practice of long standing. The
18th century capitalist icon Adam Smith, probably unfamiliar to
the late Gipper, endorsed the practice.  Those who have more
should pay more. They have more disposable income, so they can
afford to pay at a higher rate. Those who have less should pay
less. With a lower tax burden, they have greater opportunity to
escape the ravages of poverty.  This is the fundamental
reasoning behind the Nevada State Education Association's ballot
initiative to raise the gaming tax to fund education. The casino
industry is rich. It can afford to pay more. The school system
is poor. It needs money to escape the ravages of poverty.
Unfortunately, the teachers union plan is fatally flawed.  A
central tenet of progressive taxation is that all the rich pay
the higher rate, not just s