the fees are actually over $13 per transaction when you include the block reward! This averages out to only 0.5% of the total transaction volume which is pretty cheap for proven security.
small transactions are somewhat subsidizing larger ones because of the tx fees.. which i think is obviously terrible for the currency.
damn it. We need to move our coin to ethereum or some other altcoins right now or bitcoin will take all of our money with its ridiculous fee. It is really really sad since Bitcoin is a potential coin and not it is destroyed by some chinese lunatics