For someone who wants to "elevate" the game by eliminating the "squeakers" and "riff raff", the comments made in and the general tone of your post screams that you may be part of some of the problems you wish to fix. Physician, heal thyself.....just sayin'.
FYI - I would not personally mind paying more per month....but I have a feeling that would only drive off many good players who are not so fortunate financially. You should also take into account that AH's newly emerging "competition" tout their games as "free-to-play". One could argue they are anything but free but I will not digress or derail the conversation by exploring that further.