For the applied (not fundamental) research that ultimately goes toward supporting clinical trials where on average 90% of the R&D costs lie. I'm not saying the balance has to be this way or even should be this way, but you don't lop off a leg and expect the remaining one to carry the burden.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullartic...
Sure we can, because these are not actually legs. Legs are a bad analogy They are groups of people, and people can adapt. If we get rid of taxpayer–funded research today, then companies that do research will suddenly have plenty of people to hire to expand their operations.
