As Tax Day approaches, and we all shuffle to figure out how much we owe Uncle Sam, the President and Democrats are hard at work pushing their message of tax fairness.

The core of their plan is the so-called “Buffett rule,” named after billionaire Warren Buffett, who has said that he pays a lower percentage in income taxes than his secretary. Obama’s plan would force the rich to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes.

Here are five timely cartoons that wade into the murky waters of any tax plan pushed during an election year…

Kirk Anderson / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Anderson)

John Cole / Scranton Times-Tribune (click to view more cartoons by Cole)

Joe Heller / Green Bay Press-Gazette (click to view more cartoons by Heller)

Kap / Cagle Cartoons (Click to view our newest political cartoons)

Taylor Jones / Cagle Cartoons (click to view more cartoons by Jones)