You are right. Killing the Fed would not be easy, in fact, its probably impossible. It is a cancer on our organs - removing it means the present structure of our country and empire die also. What I meant is - limiting the power of Fed.gov, its socialist lackeys and its vast social engineering programs would disappear immediately if the US restored a currency not controlled by central planners. The two phenomena are absolutely linked like Siamese twins. Its "easy" in that its obvious (but not easily achieved)
Yes, exactly. It's not about what needs to be done so much as how to accomplish it. Now you begin to see what the Article V movement is about.
A Convention of States is not a solution in itself, it is the method by which changes such as you propose could realistically be made, bypassing Congress.