I appreciate the thought delegates, but until we see what the income level is and whether it is enough to cover a VPS at $30 per month you may want to be conservative as you can decrease your pay in the future, but not increase it.
Put another way, if delegates can operate on just 5% of the fees, then our transaction fees are 20x higher than necessary and our customers are the ones who pay that price.
So consider carefully who you want to appeal to: customers or shareholders and strike a balance. It is possible for delegates to reduce the required transaction fee. I wouldn't reduce it at this point in time because of SPAM control, but you get the overall idea.