Answer the question. If U.S. programmers are doing nothing but screwing their employers by expecting the prevailing wage then how badly are you screwing your employer? I believe that the equation is taking what you're making and subtract from that what someone else is willing to do it for. That's how much you're ripping off your employer. Round figures will do.
That is incorrect: they attempt to screw --- not only the the employer but the rest of us, too, for we pay the inflated salaries through higher prices --- by demanding a salary that is HIGHER than the prevailing wage.
LI believe that the equation is taking what you're making and subtract from that what someone else is willing to do it for.
Correct. In my case, the difference is zero. If it becomes positive, I'll be out of my job and someone else will be hired. Should this occur, the questions I'll ask, what have I failed to do to keep myself competitive? what should I do now to make myself competitive again?
That is not what most IT people do, and certainly not most posters on such thread. It's rather what employers --- always stupid, always selling out their companies and the country for bonuses, etc. --- and Bush personally have failed to do to protect those whiners, poor soles that cannot any longer make $150,000 while often not knowing how to read or communicate well.