This is a short term problem at the moment, due to the fact that the Bitcoin price has risen but the difficulity (with mining) hasn't followed suit as of yet, so it's not like this is going to be something that stays on forever. It's just a small number of miners who are able to make a good amount of money in TX fees (sometimes $10 PER TX) as that is what they demand.
Once more people get in on the action this is going to come crashing down.
But out of this short term, this is one of the many reasons (TX INSANE PRICES
) I use altcoins for transactions within trading exchanges. It's MUCH cheaper in fees.
This is only a short term problem if people behid the development of Bitcoin decide to improve the network/technology.
Util then, this is a permanent problem for Bitcoin, and a terrible one at that.
We need a solution asap because spending 5%+ to send money isn't going to work in the long run.