Really? The government provided no grants, no refundable tax credits, no assistance of any kind while you "paid yourself" $3 an hour?

And now they are taking half?  Just how much are you raking in?   They don't take half until your 202801st dollar, and those above it.   You'd probably have to be high six figures before your effective rate got near 50%.  And that is without considering any special treatment of dividend income, or money you keep in the business to take down the line as capital gains upon retirement.