International Ass'n of Firefighters, Local 1789 v. Spokane Airports

(dissenting) — The majority opinion is con*225trary to established law from the United States Supreme Court and this court, which leads me to respectfully dissent.

The United States Supreme Court has held, and this court has recognized, that social security is not contractual in nature, and social security contributions do not give rise to any vested rights. For that reason, in a case similar to this one, this court acknowledged that social security does not constitute deferred compensation of a contractual nature unless the social security contributions are the subject of a contract independent…