50 gold is more than 2 of my lord characters are making, combined. One of those is a newly TO'd region, to be sure, but the other is a rural with a single knight and control issues (large realm penalties are limiting my tax rate to 7%) (FEI)
Of course, my other lord made almost 400 gold (DWI), and my knight makes 116 gold (AT).
I think a region running at 7% tax probably qualifies as an exception. And yeah, rural lords don't always have great income, but they're probably not getting the bulk of the item offers, either (though I could be mistaken).
