Don't know that I would characterize it as "hostility", but what would be the appropriate response toward someone who tries to bribe me with my own money? Oh, that's right...he's adding someone else's money to it as well, so that I come out ahead.
Well, reducing the size and power of the Federal government is a goal that both a Yankee conservative such as myself and a Dixie conservative such as yourself can easily both get behind. Minnesota has proven it can be self-sufficient.