It is just right. To be considered a fully fledge member of the site, gaining 50 rep is easy in a single day.

The bounty system is to get attention for questions that are difficult to answer, not an express support queue. A question can only receive a bounty after 2 days anyway, more then ample time to get 50 reputation.

I honestly think 90% of users that set bounties are misusing the system due to lack of understanding. Your paying for advertising your question not express support.

Also it's easy to get 25 reputation on a single answer. Just accept it and up vote it and you have given someone 25 reputation point. With that in mind, what would my motivation be to answer a question when I don't get any more for my effort then I can normally?

It is just right. To be considered a fully-fledged member of the site, gaining 50 rep is easy in a single day.

The bounty system is to get attention for questions that are difficult to answer, not an express support queue. A question can only receive a bounty after 2 days anyway, more than ample time to get 50 reputation.

I honestly think 90% of users that set bounties are misusing the system due to lack of understanding. You're paying for advertising your question, not express support.

Also, it's easy to get 25 reputation on a single answer. Just accept it and up-vote it, and you have given someone 25 reputation points. With that in mind, what would my motivation be to answer a question when I don't get any more for my effort then I can normally?