Yo OPG Ivan, I'm really happy fo' ya and I'mma let ya finish, but some independent traders have the best RP OF ALL TIME.
Seriously, man. I'm a corporation leader too, but thwacking independent traders on the head or messing with game mechanics to give corporate traders a financial advantage is NOT the way to go about doing this. Do it in RP- take out bounties against independent traders with your products, give traders in your faction access to shared 5k's, do what you will, but don't bend the way the game works just to dump on the little guy.