Relatively nobody works for 7.25. If you are worth a fuck $12/hr is easily obtainable. At that wage, with a modest lifestyle, one can save enough money for a home downpayment fairly quickly, provided your significant other and yourself are on the same page. At that wage if one chooses to buy a new car, they can't get ahead.
Many folks make between 12 and 15 an hour. That isn't get rich money, but it is enough for comfort of disciplin is part of your life. If you raise the minimum wage to 10 or 12, those people don't get a raise proportionate to the minimum increase, if at all, so you effectively eviscerate the folks who are on the threshold of becoming middle class.
You do realize your zealous advocacy for an increase in the loser wage will harm many folks who are just starting to get ahead, do you not?