Commentary As I explained two-and-a-half years ago, the most salient feature of progressives’ Green New Deal is that it would transform our mixed economy (essentially capitalist, although partially warped by cronyism and massive government interventionism) into a command economy. In a command economy, the independence of ordinary citizens is diminished as they are reduced to cogs in a socialist/fascist central plan. Big Government becomes more intrusive and oppressive, morphing into Big Brother. With Joe Biden in the White House and his progressive/socialist/fascist allies having a majority, however thin, in Congress, they are charging full-speed ahead toward central planning (see the left’s proposed $3.5 trillion “reconciliation” package). So is Big Brother breathing down our necks? Or is that being too paranoid? Consider the following: The Proposal to Have Banks and Other Savings Institutions Report All Transactions Over $600 to the Treasury Department Such a law would constitute a massive invasion of …